The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police has claimed the arrest of a gangster allegedly involved in kidnapping children for ransom in the Surjani Town area and seized weapons from his possession. According to a spokesperson for the SIU, the SIU police arrested the suspect, Nabeel son of Saleem, in the Tanki Stop Sector 7C area of Surjani Town. The spokesperson stated that the suspect was involved in the kidnapping of two schoolchildren
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As the Karachi police have failed to control firing during wedding celebrations, there seems to be no stop to the killings of people due to celebratory gunfire. The latest incident occurred on 26-January-2025 afternoon within the limits of the Sacchal police station where a young girl was killed after being hit by a stray bullet that had been fired in the air during a wedding ceremony. The wedding celebration was taking place at a
Half of the quarter-billion students who faced academic interruptions were in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan KARACHI: In South Asia, the climate crisis has made monsoons fiercer, heatwaves more severe, and floods more relentless —transforming nature’s wrath from a distant threat into an immediate reality that reshapes landscapes, disrupts lives, and deepens vulnerabilities across a wide range of human concerns, including education. According to a recent analysis from UNICEF, in 2024, nearly half of the
Textbooks are distributed free of cost to students from class one to ten. KOTRI: The employees and publishers have rejected the Sindh government’s decision to transform Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) Jamshoro into a corporate entity to run the operation of printing free textbooks. They said that handing over Sindh institutions to private and favoured individuals will not be accepted under any circumstances. MA Bharghari and Hakim Chandio of the All Pakistan Clerks Association said
Formula milk companies are lobbying to have breast milk substitutes or formula milk declared as ‘food’ to remove it from the purview of health and medicine authorities, enabling them to freely market their products without regulatory oversight, health experts warned on 25-January-2025. Leading paediatricians associated with Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) and health experts also claimed that efforts are being made to take this matter to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) for approval, which
MUZAFFARABAD: The first smart school in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was inaugurated on 25th January in a relatively underprivileged area of the state capital, marking a significant milestone in the region’s education sector. This innovative project, part of a larger initiative to establish 40 smart schools across AJK, is a collaboration between the Ministry of Federal Education and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to transform the learning experience for
KARACHI: Sharing concern over the country’s high infant mortality and morbidity rates, health experts on 25th January stated that the single step that can help mothers save the lives of their babies is to breastfeed them, at least exclusively for the first six months of their life. Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, they pointed out that the practice, not only significantly improves the survival rates of infants, improves their
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on 24th January said Pakistan currently faced significant educational challenges, with over 26 million out-of-school children, one of the highest figures globally. Speaking at an event organised by planning ministry in connection with International Day of Education 2025, themed “Bridging the Education Divide: Linking Education to National and Economic Development,” in Islamabad. “Regional disparities, gender gaps, and socio-economic barriers further exacerbate the situation,”
KARACHI: Despite a ban on celebratory gunfire in the city, a six-year-old boy was shot dead when participants in a marriage ceremony fired gun(s) into the air in Surjani Town, on 24th January, said police. Two marriage party participants — a man and another six-year-old boy — were injured in the aerial gunfire. West-SSP Tariq Illahi Mastoi said that some person(s) resorted to firing during the marriage ceremony in Taiser Town, Sector-35-C. The stray
The festival, inaugurated by Muhammad Naeem, Director General of the PDA PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), in collaboration with UNICEF, on Friday organized a three-day food and cultural family festival at the Central Park in Regi Model Town here with a focus on addressing critical social issues, including child protection. The festival, inaugurated by Muhammad Naeem, Director General of the PDA, is also aimed at providing quality entertainment to Peshawar’s residents. The Directorate
RAWALPINDI: Wah Cantt police have arrested three teachers of a religious seminary for allegedly raping three minor students. The arrested accused were identified as Ali Akbar, Sameer and Siddiqui. The affected minors were medically examined at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) Taxila. The Saddar Wah police Station registered a case under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) following the outcome of the initial medical reports and began a detailed investigation. According to
A local court on 24 January 2025 sent a teenage girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area and later recovered from Naushehro Feroze, to a shelter home. The court also remanded a suspect arrested in connection with her alleged abduction in police custody for interrogation. The girl went missing after she had left her home in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 5 on the evening of January 16 to attend a Majlis at an imambargah.